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Thick Tower, Dicke Turm, State Philharmonics, Thalia Concert Hall

Turnul Gros, Filarmonica de Stat - Sala Thalia
Thick Tower, Dicke Turm, State Philharmonics, Thalia Concert Hall
Turnul Gros, Filarmonica de Stat - Sala Thalia
Sibiu Sala Thalia (9)
Andrei kokelburg, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
town fortification
theatre/opera
Current function:
dancing / concert hall
Address:
Strada Cetății 3-5
Historical Hungarian county:
Szeben
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
45.7941107062, 24.1540079976
Google map:

History

The round bastion was built in 1540. It was built about 25 metres further out than the town walls. It was in this building that the printer Martin Hochmeister established the town's first German-language theatre in 1778. In the beginning it was only used for children's performances, but from 1787 onwards it was a real theatre until the fire in 1949.

Source:  muemlekem.hu
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